Hey there.

Ive been supporting BOINC for quite a while now on several PCs, but now I'd like to "See the other side" ^^

Is there a good "How to build your own project" Tutorial?

Most important points:
How is BOINC resuming aborted tasks? is boinc itself able to save the current state of the chunk(s) which are currently worked on (storing processes RAM Content on HD or something) or do I need to implement suspend/resume in the software itself?

Is the BOINC server able to generate the chunks which are send to the users, or is there a need to write a programm for this task by myself?

Have a look here:

http://www.spy-hill.com/~myers/help/boinc/Create_Project.html

and

http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/ProjectMain

and

http://www.boinc-wiki.info/How_to_create_a_BOINC_Project_-_Step_By_Step_instructions

And let us know how you get on, because I have made brief attempts myself with no luck.

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Well, browsing the sites - Do I understand right, server is available as source only and compiles only on linux/unix?

Yes, I believe it is available as source on unix/linux, I assume you can modify it - but not sure.


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